Sex after ER?

kerijo03 wrote:

Hi Ladies -

I know I will end up just calling my doc about this, but I wanted to see what others have heard from their docs. I had my egg retrieval on Friday the 15th. ET is on Wednesday the 20th. What have your docs said about having intercourse after the ER and before the ET? We have been abstaining, but it would be nice to get in a few quickies if possible since after the ET it is basically prohibited.

I was told no sex or orgasms for two weeks after retrieval then 2 weeks after transfer and then if beta is positive none until heartbeat seen on ultrasound. My DH jokes that he gets to give it to me in the butt every evening. The "it" is a progesterone shot! How romantic!

I called my doc and the nurse said we could go for it as long as it wasn't uncomfortable for me. If there was any discomfort then we should stop. She then said no sex after ET for 10 days. Interesting how different the suggestions are....makes me wonder what the right answer is???? Thanks Ker

I'm too scared to have sex. Last time we cheated after embryo transfer and it was a BFN. This time we are not going near each other and I found out Friday I am pregnant. Not sure if I will ever be able to have sex again, so nervous about messing things up lol

during my first ivf we did not get any advice and so we had sex all the way till after ET and i ended with an infection and bfn so this time we stayed away and continue to stay away from sex, will find out in the next few days whether this helped....lol

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